Time zone: GMT + 9 hours
Location: eastern Asia, an island chain between the North Pacific Ocean and the Sea of Japan, east of the Korean Peninsula.
Capital: Tokyo
Currency: yen (currency code JPY)
Languages: Japanese. Business language: Japanese
Airport authority contact information: Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, Tokyo. Telephone: +81 (0)3 5253 8111
Airports: In 2005 Japan had 174 airports, 143 of which have paved runways, the most significant of which are:
Aguni Airport
Akita Airport
Amami O Shima Airport
Aomori Airport
Asahikawa Airport
Beppu Airport
Chitose Airport
Fukue Airport
Fukui Airport
Fukuoka Airport
Fukushima Airport
Hachijo Jima Airport
Hachinohe Airport
Hakodate Airport
Hanamaki Airport
Hateruma Airport
Hirara Airport
Hiroshima International Airport
Hokkaido Airport
Iejima Airport
Iki Airport
Ishigaki Airport
Izumo Airport
Junmachi Airport
Kagoshima Airport
Kansai International Airport
Kerama Airport
Kikaiga Shima Airport
Kitadaito Airport
Kobe Airport
Kochi Airport
Kokura Airport
Komatsu Airport
Kumamoto Airport
Kumejima Airport
Kushimoto-Katsuura Airport
Kushiro Airport
Maridor Airport
Matsumoto Airport
Matsuyama Airport
Memanbetsu Airport
Miho Airport
Misawa Airport
Miyake Jima Airport
Miyazaki Airport
Monbetsu Airport
Nagasaki Airport
Nagoya Komaki Airport
Naha Airport
Nakashibetsu Airport
Niigata Airport
Niihama Airport
Nishinoomote Airport
Obihiro Airport
Oita Airport
Okadama Airport
Okayama Airport
Oki Island Airport
Okinawa Kadena Air Force Base Airport
Okinawa Naha Air Force Base Airport
Okino Erabu Airport
Okushiri Airport
Osaka Airport
Oshima Airport
Rebun Airport
Rishiri Airport
Ryotsu Sado Island Airport
Sado Shima Airport
Sendai Airport
Shimojishima Airport
Shirahama Airport
Shonai Airport
Ube Airport
Yakushima Airport
Yokohama Airport
Yonaguni Jima Airport
Yoronjima Airport
